Brush-tailed Mulgara vs Crowned Tooth

Dasycercus blythi compared with Hydnellum lepidum

Key Differences

• Brush-tailed Mulgara is Least Concern while Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brush-tailed Mulgara	Crowned Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Bankeraceae
Genus	Dasycercus	Hydnellum
Species	Dasycercus blythi	Hydnellum lepidum

Conservation Status

Brush-tailed Mulgara

LC — Least Concern

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brush-tailed Mulgara	Crowned Tooth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brush-tailed Mulgara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Crowned Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Brush-tailed Mulgara

The Brush-tailed Mulgara (Dasycercus blythi) is a species in the genus Dasycercus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.